Heated roller device for facial treatment



May 23, 1933. MARCHAND 1,911,027

HEATED ROLLER DEVICE FOR FACIAL TREATMENT Filed Jan. 27, 1951 6 60/ 1'00 Mar ofiani dam/M q Patented May 23, 1933 i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE] GEORGIA MARCHAND, OF ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA HEATED ROLLER DEVICE FOR FACIAL TREATMENT Application filed January 27, 1931. Serial No. 511,605. I

This invention relates to improvements in tion between the tube and the handle being implements for use in beauty culture and made by screw threads 5, or any other suitpertains particularly to an electrically heated able means. Surroundingthe extension 3 is rolling massaging evice. a metal ferrule 6 which acts to prevent the The primary object of the present invensplitting of the reduced end and alsoacts as tion is to provide a roller for facial treata bearing for the roller of the implement, as ment, which is novelly supported upon a hanwill be described. dle so that the device may be used in any Mounted upon the tube 4 is a roller 7 which position without difficulty. is preferably formed of aluminum metal.

Another object of the invention is to pro- This roller has, at its forward end, a remov- 6O vide a rolling face treating implement of able tip 8, the outer surface of which forms elongated design, having a rounded free end a smooth continuation of the roller body so port-ion by means of which better results may that the joint between the main portion of be obtained than with devices of the characthe body and the tip is smooth and will not ter at present in use. interfere in any manner with the use of the A still further object of the invention is device. The free end of the tip is rounded, to provide a rolling massage device for faas indicated at 9, so that it may be worked cial treatment, which is electrically heated over surfaces against which the side of the and mounted for free rotation so that it may roller could not be conveniently placed. As

be employed for heating and massaging the shown, the complete roller, which includes 70 skin. the tip 8, is of substantially barrel-shaped The invention will be best understood from formation, that is, it is of greatest width a consideration of the following detailed demidway between its ends and tapers slightly scription taken in connection with the acto each end.

companying drawing forming part of this The tip 8 of the roller is secured to the 75 specification, with the understanding, hoW- main body portion by a threaded reduced exever, that the invention is not confined to any t nsio 10 which proj cts i t the ha b strict conformity with the showingbf the 11 formed in the tip. The tube 4 extends drawing but may be changed or modified so into the chamber 11 of the tip and has passed long as such changes or modifications mark no transv r ely therethrough the pin 12, the

material departure from the salient features ends of which project beyond the outer sur- Of the invention as expressed in the appended face of the tube and bear against the reduced claims. extension 10 thus holding the roller against In the drawing: longitudinal movement, but permitting it to Figure 1 is a View in longitudinal section otat v through the device embodying the present Within the tube 4 is a heater in the form of invention. an electric resistance 13 which is connected Figure 2 is a Sectional V ew t e 0n the with the cord 14 which passes through the line 2-2 of Figure 1. passage 2 and out of the rear end of the Referring more particularly to the drawhandl 1. 9O ing, wherein like numerals of reference indi- I use th current flowing to th heater cate corresponding parts throughout the sevay be passed through any suitable form of oral views, the numeral 1 indicates generally resistance so as to prevent the device from the handle of the present implement which h ating to too high a degree.

has a passage 2 longitudinally through the As an example there is shown a resistance center thereof and which is reduced to form. i th for of a socket 15 having at one end the tip extension 3 at one end. The eXtenthe usual prongs 16 to facilitate its connecsion 3 is at the forward end of the handle tion with a source of current and receiving and there is inserted into this end of the pas in its other end the base of an incandescent 5o sage 2 one end of a metal tube 4, the connecbulb 17 through the filament of which the cur- 0 and rent passes before entering the resistance 13 of the heater, the filament of the bulb serving as an additional resistance to cut down the quantity of current flowing to the implement. It will, of course, be understood that other types of resistance units may be employed if desired.

From the foregoing it will be readily apparent that the device herein described may be easily used in any position as the roller body 7 is mounted. in such a manner that there are no parts which would interfere with its use in any position. In addition, to this, the particular tormation of the roller is such that better results are obtained than with flat rollers or rollers of other shapes, and also the provision of the rounded free end gives at vantages to the present implement which are not had by other implements.

living thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A therapeutic device of the character described, comprising a handle, a tube secured at one end in the handle, said handle having; an electric wire extending therethrough from the other end and into the tube, an electric res stance heater in, the tube havin; connection with said wire, an elongated roller having; a longitudinal passage formed therein from one end to receive said tube, said roller having its other end formed to provide a d tachable rounded tip having a recess therein receiving the forward end of the tube. and a pin member extending transversely through the forward end of the tube and having its ends engaging an adjacent portion of the roller and acting to prevent longitudinal movement of the roller on the tube but permitting rotary movement thereof.

i In a therapeutic device of the character described, a handle, a tube issuing from the handle, an electric resistance heater in the tube. a roller including an elongated body portion and a rounded tip portion, the body portion having an axial bore from end to end thereof to receive the tube, said tube forming a journal for the body portion, said body portion being formed at its end opposite said handle with an externally threaded boss. the end of said boss forming an annular shoulder, means mounted on the tube and forming an abutment for said shoulder and normally limiting the endwise movement of said body portion on the tube in a direction away from said handle, said means being adapted to be manipulated to permit the endwise removal of said body portion from said tube, said tip portion being threaded on said boss and constituting normally a continuation of the body portion, turning therewith in the use of the device, and being removable therefrom to give access to said abutment lllQiUlS.

3. In a therapeutic device of the character described, a handle, a tube issuing from the handle, an electric resistance heater in the tube, said handle having: an annular abut ment portion encircling the tube, a roller i11- cluding an elongated body portion and a rounded tip portion, the body portion having an axial bore from end to end thereof to reeeive the tube, said tube forming a journal for the body portion, said abutment portion on the handle limiting endwise movement of the roller body portion in the direction of the handle, said body portion being formed at its end opposite said handle with an externally threaded boss, the end of said boss forming,' an annular shoulder, means mounted on the tube and forming an abutment for said annular shoulder normally limiting endwise movement of said body portion, on the tube, in a direction away from said handle, said means being adapted to be shifted to avoid engagement with said shoulder and thereby permit of the endwise removal of said body portion from said tube, said tip portion being formed with a recess therein and threaded on said boss and constituting, normally a continuation of the body portion. turning therewith in the use of the device, but being remt able therefrom to give access to said abutment means for said body portion, the recess in the tip portion. in the normal relation of said portion, receiving a part at least of the abutment means.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

GEORGIA MAR CIIAND. 

